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13 years ago

Cyclone III FPGA Temperature Measurement.....

Hi All, I want to measure the temperature across the cyclone III fpga. Is there any inbuilt sensor is available for the temperature measurement? If yes please let me know the procedure t...
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13 years ago

The pin connection guidelines for the Cyclone III:

http://www.altera.com/literature/dp/cyclone3/pcg-01003.pdf

Do not list THERM_P/THERM_N pins. This means there is no thermal diode.

You could check the pinout for your specific part (which you did not state):

http://www.altera.com/literature/lit-dp.jsp?category=cyc%203&showspreadsheet=y

However, you're probably not going to be able to measure the die temperature. The best you can do is measure the case temperature using an external device.

Cheers,

Dave